Where does “Iranian” come from?
Iranian derives from English Iran plus the Latin suffix -ianus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós, a suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns.
Iranian (English): A person from Iran or of Iranian descent;...
Definitions
- A person from Iran or of Iranian descent;...
Ancestry of “Iranian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Iran | The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples |
| 2 | Persian | ایران | historically Persia |
| 3 | Classical Persian | ایران | — |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 | of the Iranians; of the Aryans; Aryans |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭫 | Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator of... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 | Iranian |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | Áryah | Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Áryas | autonymic ethnonym of the respective... |